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Today is the first day of the 75 day Epcot Flower & Garden Festival, which lasts through May 17. This year marks the 22nd year of the Festival and the event’s main purpose is to celebrate everything that’s wonderful about horticulture and spring.

Each year the Festival offers guests the opportunity to see beautiful gardens, topiaries, and butterfly gardens; listen to special presentations; enjoy the smooth sounds of the Garden Rocks Concert Series; and try delights from garden-themed food booths! The Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is really one of the most gorgeous times of the year to visit, as the park is completely FULL of color. It is simply a glorious time to visit Epcot.

Today, I’m going to share what’s new and what’s changed for this year’s Festival.

What’s New

Of course, the main focus of the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival is the gorgeous topiaries that can be found around property. These incredible plants are shaped and molded to create works of art that resemble Disney characters. Each year brings about some new designs, and of course 2015 is no exception. You didn’t think Disney could hold an event now without the Frozen sisters present, did you? Both Anna and Elsa are being introduced and can be found in the World Showcase Plaza.

This week’s SATURDAY SIX covers Six Reasons We Love Epcot’s 2014 Flower and Garden Festival. While there are a lot of annual events in Orlando that are near and dear to us for varying reasons (the wild party atmosphere of Mardi Gras, the scares of Halloween Horror Nights, the incredible parade and fireworks of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, the food and, uh, wine of Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival), one event stands out from all the rest because it stresses the fact that we should - literally - stop and smell the roses.

That’s right, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival is back, and this year just may be the best yet. What really makes Flower & Garden special is how amazing it is just to walk around Epcot and take it all in. Most events in theme parks are limited in the size and scope of their overall effect on the individual park, but you can see the beauty and tranquility of Flower & Garden everywhere you go.

This week’s Saturday Six is going to look at six of our favorite parts of this year’s festival, and we’re going to start with one of our favorite subjects: food.

They’re here! The menu offerings for this year’s Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Outdoor Kitchens have been released! This year there are some fantastic new dishes, mixed in with some favorites from last year.

For those who don’t know, this is the Outdoor Kitchens’ second appearance at the Flower and Garden Festival. They were introduced last year under the name, “Garden Marketplace Kiosks.” These Kitchens serve up delicious, fresh food and beverages that gather their inspiration from springtime flavors.

Earlier, Disney told us which booths would be at the Festival. This year, a new booth known as Urban Farm Eats will debut, and it appears that the Intermission Cafe in the Festival Center is officially included in the fun. It will offer up quite a few tasty treats, too!

Here are the full menus for each of the Outdoor Kitchens:

Jardin de Fiestas (Mexico Pavilion) – this booth offers tapas that are spring light and cooked just right.

Last year, at the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival, Disney introduced the Garden Marketplaces, which offered up small bites of delectable treats and beverages with a focus on fresh ingredients. For 2014, they will be returning under a new name – Outdoor Kitchens.

The booths are similar to what you would see at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival booths. This year, there will be eleven kitchens total, all found around the World Showcase Promenade.

Quite a few booths will be returning from last year, such as the Florida Fresh booth and The Smokehouse. There is also a handful of new stops, including Urban Farm Eats.

Here is the full list of all the Outdoor Kitchens that will be featured during this year’s festival: